2022 Syracuse Orange football team

2022 Syracuse Orange football
2022 Syracuse Orange football
Pinstripe Bowl, L 20–28 vs. Minnesota
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Atlantic Division
Record	7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Dino Babers (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Robert Anae (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Tony White (3rd season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	JMA Wireless Dome
Uniform

2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 13 Clemson xy$	8	–	0	11	–	3
No. 11 Florida State	5	–	3	10	–	3
Louisville	4	–	4	8	–	5
NC State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Syracuse	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	8	–	5
Boston College	2	–	6	3	–	9
Coastal Division
North Carolina xy	6	–	2	9	–	5
Duke	5	–	3	9	–	4
No. 22 Pittsburgh	5	–	3	9	–	4
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	5	–	7
Miami (FL)	3	–	5	5	–	7
Virginia	1	–	6	3	–	7
Virginia Tech	1	–	6	3	–	8
Championship: Clemson 39, North Carolina 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were led by seventh-year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at the JMA Wireless Dome, competing as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

After being picked to finish last in the preseason media poll, Syracuse went 7–6, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in 5th place in the Atlantic Division. The Orange started the season 6–0 for the first time since their undefeated 1987 season, and were ranked as high as No. 14 before losing five games in a row. The Orange faced three ranked teams, defeating NC State while losing to Clemson and Florida State. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl, where they lost to Minnesota.

Schedule

The ACC released their schedule on January 31, 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 p.m.	Louisville		JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY	ACCN	W 31–7	37,110
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at UConn*		Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT (rivalry)	CBSSN	W 48–14	25,114
September 17	12:00 p.m.	Purdue*		JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	W 32–29	35,493
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Virginia		JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN	W 22–20	34,590
October 1	5:00 p.m.	Wagner*		JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 59–0	33,373
October 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 NC State	No. 18	JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY	ACCN	W 24–9	49,705
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Clemson	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	L 21–27	81,500
October 29	12:00 p.m.	Notre Dame*	No. 16	JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY	ABC	L 24–41	49,861
November 5	3:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	No. 22	Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ACCN	L 9–19	50,888
November 12	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 Florida State		JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY	ACCN	L 3–38	45,213
November 19	8:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest		Truist Field at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	L 35–45	26,164
November 26	7:30 p.m.	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCRSN	W 32–23	30,113
December 29	2:00 p.m.	vs. Minnesota*		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (Pinstripe Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–28	31,131
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 2) - Released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	0	0	0	7
Orange	10	7	0	14	31

Statistics	LOU	SYR
First downs	15	23
Total yards	334	449
Rushing yards	137	208
Passing yards	197	241
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	27:29	32:31

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Louisville	Passing	Malik Cunningham	16/22, 152 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Tiyon Evans	13 rushes, 89 yards, TD
	Receiving	Tyler Hudson	8 receptions, 102 yards
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	18/25, 236 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	21 rushes, 100 yards, TD
	Receiving	Sean Tucker	6 receptions, 84 yards, TD

At UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	17	10	14	7	48
Huskies	0	7	7	0	14

Statistics	SYR	CONN
First downs	29	10
Total yards	470	202
Rushing yards	156	97
Passing yards	314	105
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	34:52	25:08

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	20/23, 292 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	27 rushes, 112 yards, TD
	Receiving	Damien Alford	1 reception, 47 yards, TD
UConn	Passing	Zion Turner	14/17, 92 yards, TD
	Rushing	Nate Carter	16 rushes, 71 yards
	Receiving	Aaron Turner	6 receptions, 71 yards, TD

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	6	3	0	20	29
Orange	3	0	7	22	32

Statistics	PUR	SYR
First downs	25	23
Total yards	485	306
Rushing yards	61	125
Passing yards	424	181
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	32:25	27:35

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Purdue	Passing	Aidan O'Connell	39/56, 424 yards, 3 TD, INT
	Rushing	Devin Mockobee	7 rushes, 22 yards, TD
	Receiving	Charlie Jones	11 receptions, 188 yards, TD
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	13/29, 181 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Garrett Shrader	17 rushes, 83 yards
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	6 receptions, 112 yards, 2 TD

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	0	0	13	7	20
Orange	10	6	3	3	22

Statistics	UVA	SYR
First downs	17	21
Total yards	287	352
Rushing yards	149	75
Passing yards	138	277
Turnovers	2	4
Time of possession	25:10	34:50

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Virginia	Passing	Brennan Armstrong	19/38, 138 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Perris Jones	13 rushes, 87 yards, TD
	Receiving	Keytaon Thompson	8 receptions, 55 yards
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	22/33, 277 yards, INT
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	21 rushes, 60 yards
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	7 receptions, 107 yards

Wagner

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	0	0	0
Orange	21	28	7	3	59

Statistics	WAG	SYR
First downs	4	26
Total yards	50	631
Rushing yards	31	388
Passing yards	19	243
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	24:11	25:49

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Wagner	Passing	Ryan Kraft	2/6, 19 yards, INT
	Rushing	Zach Palmer-Smith	8 rushes, 31 yards
	Receiving	Julian Jordan	1 reception, 15 yards
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	17/17, 238 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	23 rushes, 232 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	4 receptions, 66 yards

No. 15 NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Wolfpack	3	0	3	3	9
No. 18 Orange	7	3	7	7	24

Statistics	NCST	SYR
First downs	16	20
Total yards	255	389
Rushing yards	95	179
Passing yards	160	210
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	35:06	24:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
NC State	Passing	Jack Chambers	18/30, 160 yards
	Rushing	Jack Chambers	19 rushes, 58 yards
	Receiving	Keyon Lesane	4 receptions, 39 yards
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	16/25, 210 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	14 rushes, 98 yards, TD
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	8 receptions, 141 yards, 2 TD

At No. 5 Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Orange	7	14	0	0	21
No. 5 Tigers	7	3	0	17	27

Statistics	SYR	CLEM
First downs	17	27
Total yards	291	450
Rushing yards	124	293
Passing yards	167	157
Turnovers	1	4
Time of possession	26:06	33:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	18/26, 167 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Garrett Shrader	21 rushes, 71 yards, TD
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	6 receptions, 86 yards
Clemson	Passing	DJ Uiagalelei	13/21, 138 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Will Shipley	27 rushes, 172 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Joseph Ngata	3 receptions, 50 yards

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Irish	7	14	3	17	41
No. 16 Orange	7	0	10	7	24

Statistics	ND	SYR
First downs	22	15
Total yards	362	286
Rushing yards	246	61
Passing yards	116	225
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	37:40	22:20

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Notre Dame	Passing	Drew Pyne	9/19, 116 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Audric Estimé	20 rushes, 123 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Michael Mayer	3 receptions, 54 yards
Syracuse	Passing	Carlos Del Rio-Wilson	11/22, 190 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	16 rushes, 60 yards, TD
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	4 receptions, 78 yards, TD

At Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Orange	3	3	0	3	9
Panthers	0	10	7	2	19

Statistics	SYR	PITT
First downs	9	18
Total yards	145	337
Rushing yards	25	161
Passing yards	120	176
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	23:15	36:45

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Syracuse	Passing	Carlos Del Rio-Wilson	8/23, 120 yards
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	10 rushes, 19 yards
	Receiving	Damien Alford	2 receptions, 48 yards
Pittsburgh	Passing	Kedon Slovis	16/23, 176 yards, INT
	Rushing	Rodney Hammond Jr.	28 rushes, 124 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jared Wayne	6 receptions, 102 yards

No. 23 Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Seminoles	14	10	0	10	34
Orange	0	3	0	0	3

Statistics	FSU	SYR
First downs	25	9
Total yards	420	160
Rushing yards	230	95
Passing yards	190	65
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	36:11	23:49

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Florida State	Passing	Jordan Travis	21/23, 155 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Trey Benson	18 rushes, 163 yards
	Receiving	Ja'Khi Douglas	3 receptions, 43 yards
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	6/16, 65 yards
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	14 rushes, 52 yards
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	1 reception, 29 yards

At Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	7	14	0	14	35
Demon Deacons	3	21	7	14	45

Statistics	SYR	WAKE
First downs	21	36
Total yards	477	543
Rushing yards	120	212
Passing yards	357	331
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	25:07	34:53

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	17/31, 324 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	16 rushes, 106 yards, TD
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	6 receptions, 85 yards
Wake Forest	Passing	Sam Hartman	30/43, 331 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Christian Turner	16 rushes, 69 yards
	Receiving	A. T. Perry	10 receptions, 119 yards, 3 TD

At Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	0	3	3	26	32
Eagles	10	0	0	13	23

Statistics	SYR	BC
First downs	23	22
Total yards	443	341
Rushing yards	158	89
Passing yards	285	252
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	31:56	28:04

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	21/27, 285 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Sean Tucker	21 rushes, 125 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Oronde Gadsden II	6 receptions, 106 yards
Boston College	Passing	Emmett Morehead	29/38, 252 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Patrick Garwo III	25 rushes, 83 yards, TD
	Receiving	Zay Flowers	8 receptions, 110 yards, 2 TD

Vs. Minnesota (Pinstripe Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	0	7	6	7	20
Golden Gophers	0	14	14	0	28

Statistics	SYR	MINN
First downs	27	14
Total yards	477	215
Rushing yards	147	77
Passing yards	330	138
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	34:03	25:57

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Syracuse	Passing	Garrett Shrader	32/51, 330 yards, INT
	Rushing	LeQuint Allen	15 rushes, 94 yards
	Receiving	Devaughn Cooper	7 receptions, 114 yards
Minnesota	Passing	Athan Kaliakmanis	7/9, 80 yards
	Rushing	Mohamed Ibrahim	16 rushes, 71 yards, TD
	Receiving	Daniel Jackson	4 receptions, 73 yards, 2 TD

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	—	RV	RV	22	18	14	16	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	RV	RV	RV	25	21	18	14	16	22	RV	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released									20	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Personnel

Coaching staff

Syracuse Orange football current coaching staff^[4]
Name	Position	Years at Syracuse
Dino Babers	Head coach	7th
Tony White	Defensive coordinator/linebacker coach	3rd
Robert Anae	Offensive coordinator	1st
Chris Achuff	Defensive line coach	3rd
Jason Beck	Quarterbacks coach	1st
Bob Ligashesky	Special teams coordinator	1st
Mike Lynch	Running backs coach	7th
Nick Monroe	Safeties/nickelbacks coach	7th
Mike Schmidt	Offensive line coach	2nd
Chip West	Cornerbacks coach	3rd
Michael Johnson	Outside Receivers	1st

References

^ "ACC Announces 2022 Football Schedule". Atlantic Coast Conference. January 31, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "2022 Syracuse Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ Mink, Nate (February 1, 2022). "SU football schedule is here, with an ACC opponent to open the season". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^ "2021 FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[aac-1] "ACC Announces 2022 Football Schedule". Atlantic Coast Conference. January 31, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[2] "2022 Syracuse Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[3] Mink, Nate (February 1, 2022). "SU football schedule is here, with an ACC opponent to open the season". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved February 5, 2022.

[roster-4] "2021 FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

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